Pianist and composer Junko Moriya is the winner of the 2005 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composers Competition, the Thelonious Monk Institute announced.

The award, sponsored by the performing-rights organization BMI, includes a cash prize of $10,000. It is presented annually to a young composer "who best demonstrate[s] originality, creativity, and excellence in jazz composition." The winning work is then performed at the Thelonious Monk Institute's competition for instrumentalists, which this year takes place on September 18 and 19 in Washington, D.C., and is devoted to the guitar.